Migrant boat sinks off Sicily, 200 people in sea

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Source: Reuters

(Reuters) - A migrant boat has capsized between Sicily and Tunisia and around 200 people are in the sea, an Italian navy spokesman said on Friday.

He said Italian naval vessels and helicopters were assisting at the scene. No further details were immediately available.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/10/11/us-italy-migrants-idUSBRE99A0LM20131011

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1. There was another one last week

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2. At least 50 dead as migrant boat sinks off Sicily: report

Around 50 migrants, including a dozen children, died on Friday when their boat sank between Malta and Sicily, the Italian news agency Ansa reported.

The agency said 150 of the boat's passengers were rescued by a Maltese ship and another 50 were saved by the Italian navy, a week after a similar incident off the Italian island of Lampedusa killed more than 300 refugees.

"The operation is in progress. The navigational conditions are difficult, with strong wind," a Maltese navy spokesman told AFP, saying rescue boats and helicopters had been sent to the site around 110 kilometres (70 miles) south of Malta and 100 kilometres south of Lampedusa.
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The boat capsized after those aboard attempted to catch the attention of a military aircraft surveying it by collecting at one end of the vessel, the Maltese navy said.

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3. Last week's one

was 500 people on a boat which was only 66 feet long. Its an absurdity that should be monitored by air where from those boats leave port.